Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Congress said Monday the fiscal stimulus package announced by the government is ‘hopelessly inadequate’. The Congress pointed out that given the gravity of the economic crisis as the fiscal package amounts to only Rs 1.86 lakh crore. It is only 0.91 per...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar and Jagatsinghpur district have become coronavirus-free, informed the Odisha state Health and Family Welfare Department Monday. The department shared it through twitter that as many as 57 patients were discharged from hospitals across the state Monday.  Of them, 40 are from Ganjam, five from...

Taipei: Taiwan will not press for participation at the World Health Assembly beginning Monday, but will continue to donate medical supplies abroad and protest China’s “two-faced behaviour” that excludes it from such forums, the island’s foreign minister said. Joseph Wu told reporters the shortened agenda...

New Delhi: As the highly contagious novel coronavirus disease has confined the people of India within the four walls of their houses, life of the marginalised people working in the unorganised sector has become a nightmare. With no fixed monthly income and no house of...

New Delhi: Joining arch rival Zomato, food delivery platform Swiggy Monday announced to lay off 1,100 employees, nearly 14 per cent of its workforce, spanning across grades and functions in the cities and head office over the next few days as Covid-19 continues to hurt...

Puri: After four new COVID-19 positive cases were identified in Puri district Monday, the district administration declared Narendra Kona area as a containment zone, informed district collector Balwant Singh. From the four positive cases, three are from quarantine centres while one is from Narnedra Kona...

Kandhamal: The deadly virus has raised its ugly head in yet another district in Odisha. This time it is Kandhamal. Kandhamal registered two COVID-19 positive cases Monday. These two patients had returned from Tamil Nadu and were staying in quarantine centres. Meanwhile, the district administration...

Puri: Using collector’s power, Madhuchhanda Farak, sarpanch of Baliput panchayat under Sadar block in Puri district announced a 36-hour shutdown starting 6am Monday. Farak is the first sarpanch in Puri district to use the power of a collector given to sarpanchs by Chief Minister Naveen...

Keonjhar: The nationwide lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the already-struggling sculptors deeper into trouble in Dhakotha village of Keonjhar district. The art itself was dying a slow death as there has been a drastic reduction in people taking up sculpting as an occupation...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 48 fresh cases of COVID-19 Monday, taking the state's total to 876. The new cases are from Jajpur (16), Ganjam (15), Kendrapara (3), Nayagarh (3), Kandhamal (2), Boudh (1), Cuttack (1), Khordha (1). Out of the 48, six were reported late Sunday...